Stephanie Y Evans

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Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans is a Professor of Black Women's Studies and has served as Director of the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University. At GSU, she is affiliate faculty in the Department of African-American Studies as well as in the Center for the Study of Stress, Trauma and Resilience. Until June 2019, she served as Chair of the of African American Studies, Africana Women's Studies, and History (AWH) Department at Clark Atlanta University. Her research interest is memoirs as Black women's intellectual history. She is author of two books: BLACK PASSPORTS: Travel Memoirs as a Tool for Youth Empowerment (SUNY, 2014) and BLACK WOMEN IN THE IVORY TOWER, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History (UF, 2007) as well as lead co-editor of three books, Black Women and Social Justice Education (SUNY, 2019), Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability (SUNY Press, 2017), African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education (SUNY, 2009).